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What's to Know About Mexico? - One Thousand Questions and Answers About America's Southern Neighbor (Paperback)
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What's to Know About Mexico? - One Thousand Questions and Answers About America's Southern Neighbor (Paperback)
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"Why can't you be more like us?" That's the first of a thousand
questions that the author asks on behalf of the American reader.
His answer is in the Introduction, where he explains that the
Spanish conquered a vibrant indigenous people in what was to become
Mexico while Anglo-Saxons settled the United States with people
like themselves. The author introduces each of 28 chapters, ranging
from pre-Columbian Mexico to wars and revolutions, drug trafficking
and illegal immigration, with a brief background history. Then come
the Q & A. Over 380 pages there are short biographies and
drawings of the main characters, both Mexican and foreign, who
march across the stage that is the drama of Mexico. Did you know
that Mexican agricultural engineering saved much of the world from
starvation? Did you know the Thanksgiving turkey traces its DNA to
Mexico? Did you know the Spanish conquistadors found in Mexico the
third largest city in the world? Did you know pre-Columbian
Mexicans had books? Did you know that Mexico published the first
newspaper in the New World in 1541? Did you know that Mexico's War
of Independence lasted 10 years? Did you know that Mexico not only
lost half its territory in the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 but
its richest half? Did you know that slaves owned by American
settlers in the Mexican province of Coahuila and Texas was one of
the issues behind the war? Did you know that Mexico and Canada used
to have a common border, what is now the border between California
and Oregon? Did you know that the Civil War prompted France to
invade Mexico? Did you know that the United States invaded Mexico
twice during the Mexican Revolution? Did you know the Irish-born
father of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn fought alongside
Pancho Villa in the revolution? Did you know Germany offered to
return Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico if it kept the
United States occupied during World War I - and if Germany won? Did
you know American oil companies broke a promise to abide by a
decision of Mexico's Supreme Court, prompting the nationalization
of its holdings? Did you know Mexico felt obliged to sell its oil
to Germany, Italy and Japan in the run-up to World War II when the
United States and Britain boycotted it? Did you know that Mexico
was one of only two Latin American countries to fight on the side
of the Allied forces in World War II? Did you know that Mexico
played a role in breaking baseball's color barrier in the major
leagues? Did you know that Mexico has more United Nations World
Heritage sites than any other country in the hemisphere: 27? Did
you know Harry Truman is the most popular American president in
Mexico - and why? Did you know there's been a Mexican invasion of
Hollywood in the twenty-first century? Did you know that polls show
that few Mexicans want to live in the United States? Did you know
that the vast majority of illegal immigrants hope to return to
Mexico? Did you that Mexicans have been timed scaling fence along
the border in less than 20 seconds on their first try? Did you know
that Mexican drug traffickers buy their guns in the United States
because gun laws are so strict back home? There have been thousands
of books written about Mexico, but this is the first one that asks
questions and answers them in a straightforward, understandable
way. The reader will come away with a better understanding of
Mexico's contributions to mankind and the obstacles it has had to
overcome to get to where it is today: a democratic trading partner
of the United States and Canada under the North American Trade
Agreement, commonly known as NAFTA.
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